16 April 2007

Sorry I been so quiet. Took a personal day Friday. Jenn and I went to Atlanta after work Thursday to watch the Thrashers play. Stayed the night and saw the Georgia Aquarium Friday before winding home.

I mean really winding home. We took U.S. 29 to Newnan, then Alt-27 from there. We had time, so it was nice to change the drive and see some small towns. The best was Palmetto, Ga., where someone is building an old-folks' home -- no lie -- in front of a big cemetery.

We laughed and laughed. In that way that you laugh and laugh when Vinnie Vega accidentally shoots that kid in the backseat in the head, when Jules hits a bump.

Glad to see Neff's back. He doesn't really fit the rock star mold, but that seems appropriate to the Truckers, somehow. I think I've seen them exactly as often with (a) The Devil, (b) Neff and (c) Isbell. But I'll be curious to see Neff and Shonna on the same stage. I wonder if he'll swig from her whiskey bottle.

He's a helluva player, that's for sure. (Barbara Cue, the Chasers and the Star Room Boys)

The last time I saw Patterson solo (which included Neff and Brad Morgan on drums so it's more like a couple members of DBT were missing), Neff tore it up. Looking forward to the Dirt Underneath shows soon in Athens.

What the hell...?

So for a lot of years, my day job was as a writer with the Ledger-Enquirer, a fine newspaper based in Columbus, Ga. Spent much of that as a music writer, and the rest of it writing about pop culture and culture at large. I won some awards and stuff. Whatever.